Lucky Husband And Wife Become Millionaires After Finding Gold In Their Back Garden

A couple walking their dog in their back
garden stumbled across some coins
buried under a tree that have made them
instant millionaires.
The California couple – who are choosing
to remain anonymous – found the 1,427
mint-condition gold coins bruied in the
shadow of an old tree, and they are worth
a staggering £6 million.
The coins date from 1847 to 1894, are in
uncirculated, mint condition, and
although the face value of them only adds
up to about £17k, some of them are so
rare that coin experts say they could fetch
nearly £600k apiece.
Don Kagin, an expert in money collection
who is representing the finders, said of
the record haul: "I don't like to say once-
in-a-lifetime for anything, but you don't
get an opportunity to handle this kind of
material, a treasure like this, ever.
It's like they found the pot of gold at the
end of the rainbow."
Kagin, whose family has been in the rare-
coin business for 81 years, would say little
about the couple other than that they are
husband and wife, are middle-aged and
have lived for several years on the rural
property where the coins were found.
The pair are choosing to remain
anonymous to avoid gold-chasers armed
with metal detectors flooding to their
properties, and also because they don't
want to be treated any differently now
they are hugely-wealthy.Couple Become
Millionaires After Finding Gold In Back
Garden
They plan to put most of the coins up for
sale on Amazon while holding onto a few
keepsakes.
The couple are going to use the money to
pay off bills and quietly donate to local
charities.
Mystery surrounds who buried the coins
in the first place, but it's thought that
whoever put them there did so as soon as
they were put into circulation due to the
condition they are in.
It's believed the person was using the
ground as a personal bank rather than
the stash coming from a robbery.
It goes to show you should never ignore a
rusty can sticking out of the ground!